Sanrio, DC Entertainment and Warner Brothers entered into a licensing agreement recently to produce a line of Hello Kitty products depicting the cartoon feline dressed up as different DC superhero characters. The line will feature the usual Hello Kitty fare: stationery, clothing and accessories, but will also include food items, stuff like brushes and shampoo, and publishing which possibly means the next installment in the Dark Knight franchise (just kidding).  Viz Media has a new Hello Kitty graphic novel coming out this fall so it should only be a matter of time before the Bat Kitty hits the shelves.

The promotional …

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Now on DVD is Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Season 2 Volume 2 brought to you by Gaiam vivendi entertainment. This 6 episode DVD continues the adventures of Young Tony Stark and his friends James Rhodes and Pepper Potts as they face the evils who stole Stark’s Iron Man technology. The series features familiar characters such as Doctor Doom, Hawkeye and Black Widow; along with Nick Fury, Mandarin and others—allowing Marvel fans to see their favorite heroes and villains.

Iron Man: Armored Adventures is shown on the Nick Toons channel and is animated in mostly flat CG with 3D …

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Ever since Kenner released a Catwoman figure for Batman Returns, I have enjoyed collecting any and every Catwoman item I can find. Forget the Bat; it’s all about the Cat. Thanks to Paladin, fellow contributor to NERDSociety, I was able to have my lovely hands on a very sought after Knightfall Catwoman figure. Let’s look!

Brought to fans by DC Direct in 2006, this version of Catwoman takes a page from the Knightfall story arc from Batman and contains her cool ‘90s look, like her purple suit with black boots. Along with that mad look on her face. Not to mention …

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I’m probably the LAST person to rate something related to Iron Man, I’m not big on most of what Marvel does, however I am an old school fan of Anime and so I looked at it through the eyes of an Anime fan and man, I was very impressed.

Written by Marvel’s Warren Ellis and re-written from that story by the writers at Madhouse in Japan, the Iron Man Anime takes the viewer into a later stage of Tony Stark’s career. Tony travels to Japan with nothing but peace in mind after years of manufacturing and selling weapons. In order to …

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SYNOPSIS:

“Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian and Artemis have become YOUNG JUSTICE – The Justice League’s secret weapon against the forces of evil. The teen heroes will take on under-the-radar missions that would be impossible for the Justice League to handle covertly. Red Tornado will be their supervisor; Black Canary will be in charge of their training and Batman will hand out their assignments.”

From Warner Bros. Entertainment is Young Justice, Season 1 Volume 3 on DVD.  Airing on Cartoon Network as part of their Friday night line-up, Young Justice takes elements from Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: …

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Wizard World Comic Con will make its way to Anaheim this weekend, April 29 – May 1 at the Anaheim Convention Center.  The lineup looks pretty impressive and includes actors, artists and WWE/WWF stars.

Here’s a few I’m looking forward too; you can go to Wizards World’s website for the complete listing: 
Phil Ortiz (The Simpsons; He-Man; Masters of the Universe)
Phil Jimenez (Amazing Spider-Man; Astonishing X-Men)
Tony Washington and Michael C. Hayes (World of Warcraft)
Carlos Alazraqui (Phineas and Ferb; the Fairly Oddparents)
Stephen Stanton (Star Wars: The Clone Wars; Robot Chicken)
Arthur Suydam (Marvel Zombies; Army of Darkness)
Tricia …

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A bitch’in toy review!

From the “Crisis” series I present two 3 packs of 3-4 inch–G.I. Joe-sized heroes. Pack 3 offers Wonder Girl, Superman and Supergirl. Each figure has different points of articulation including joints at the knees and elbows, the heads turn and the shoulders rotate 360 degrees. The details are pretty good between the paint and molds. The package has a raised hand on the inside making the box itself an interesting collectible. The back of the box has the stats of the three characters with a little information on their powers and even their alternate names.
This set …

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Ask me a few years ago what I thought of the–at the time–new animated series The Batman and I would have said it was terrible, or maybe to a lesser extent that it was all right. Ask me today and I’ll reply with regret and some comments on how good it really is.

The Batman has really grown on me, not only do I appreciate the cartoon itself so much more than I had when it first came on, but I also love the action figures.

The Batman is based mostly upon the blockbuster live-action movie Batman Begins. It starts …

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Last time in Collections: Part 1 I talked about options and display, in this; part 2, I’ll talk about some Do’s and Dont’s along with alternating and storage.

Do: Enjoy what you are collecting.  If you are going to put out the money and time, you should enjoy all of what you see on display.
Don’t: Collect what ever there is if it doesn’t give you satisfaction or pleasure.  You never want to ask yourself, “Why did I get that?”

Do: Shop around for the best price for a current or older/rare item. You’ll be more …

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When the cartoon series “The Batman” came onto television courtesy of the WB, I was a little judgmental.  I had grown up with “Batman: The Animated Series” and all of a sudden it had changed to some odd show featuring a “wire-foo” Penguin, Marilyn Manson Riddler and common thug Mr. Freeze.  The show had pulled so far away from what the comics were and couldn’t compare to the original Animated Series.  However, I liked the art and animation, it was pretty decent and gave a real Japanese Anime feel.  It was good in that aspect, however I was still having trouble …

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